Tax Rewrite in Play in Capitol

By

John D. McKinnon

May 5, 2013 4:10 p.m. ET

Talk about overhauling the tax code is picking up across Capitol Hill this spring, with lawmakers of both parties agreeing on the need to simplify the system but remaining far apart on the details of how to do it.

A tax overhaul "is long overdue," said Rep. Ron Kind (D., Wis.), the chairman of the New Democrat Coalition, a group of...